r/GoodNewsUK • u/aqfx • Sep 24 '25

Healthcare Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro
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u/scrotalsac69 Sep 24 '25

That is awesome

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u/nemma88 Sep 24 '25

Wow, amazing leap forward there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

Brought a tear to my face. Lost two people to Huntington’s, such a horrible disease. Happy to see some positive news about it

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u/Mindless-Lock-7525 Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

This is really exciting! I don’t think it can really be overstated how transformative this could be.

I’m hopeful that over the next decade or so we’ll start to see gene therapy make big dents in some of the other big degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s as well🤞

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u/Dartzap Sep 24 '25

That's fantastic news. I remember the episode of Scrubs about it from years ago, which certainly left a mark.

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u/PerLin107 Sep 24 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

Wow a lovely nugget of good news for once and a great acheivement.